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Frank pointed out, “Sadly, there are people who have a political agenda who oppose fair treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen der people, and even more sadly, they take it out on their children.” Wong, a father himself, added, “Secretary Spellings’ actions attacked the integrity and legitimacy of all different kinds of family.” The Family Pride Coalition will make the Buster PSA available for both broadcast and Internet outlets. It is also available online to view at www.familypride.org. —SD The American Civil Liberties Union plans to launch a national campaign May 16 to per suade Americans that it is unfair to deny legal protections to the families of same-sex couples. The Marriage Campaign will he led by Michael Mitchell, who comes to the ACLU after serving as executive director of Equality Utah, that state’s gay and lesbian advocacy organization. “Our Constitution guarantees basic fairness to all people, yet lesbian and gay couples who make lasting commitments to each other just like married couples are denied protections for their families,” said Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU. “With states racing to enact amendments that will forev er ban same-sex couples from get ting legal protections, it is critical to show why it’s wrong to keep people from visiting their partners in the hospital or from making emergency medical decisions and how it hurts children to be legal strangers to their parents.” The goal of the Marriage Cam paign is to step up the dialogue with the American people and show through firsthand accounts how gay and lesbian couples and their children suffer when their families are not recognized by the law. Among other public educa tion efforts, the campaign will offer assistance to local campaigns fighting constitutional amend ments that seek to ban gay people from marriage and other family protections. “One thing I learned during Utah’s recent constitutional amendment challenge is that most people don’t realize the toll these measures take on very real Ameri cans with very real families,” said Mitchell. “When people are given the opportunity to see the chaos caused by our government’s treat ment of gay families, their attitudes change. I’m eager to bring the lessons I learned here in Utah and The ACLU's Marriage Campaign will be led by Michael from my colleagues around the Mitchell, who formerly served as executive director of country and focus them into an Equality Utah, that state's queer advocacy organization. active, honest conversation with the American public.” Matt Coles, director of the ACLU’s Lesbian B ullying A mong G rade S choolers : and Gay Rights Project, added: “We’re at a A D aily O ccurrence defining moment in the civil rights struggle for The Gender Public Advocacy Coalition cites gay people. While we have recently made sev a study released April 28 that shows bullying eral important breakthroughs, our opponents among sixth-graders is a daily occurrence. Uni are motivated like never before. It’s time to fight versity of California at Los Angeles reports that back, and with Michael’s enthusiasm and lead within a five-day-period, almost half of the ership, we hope to show America that this is sixth-graders in two different Los Angeles public simply a matter of basic fairness for all families.” schools say they were bullied by other students. —Sarah Dougher “This is yet another reinforcement that bul lying starts early and must be dealt with early. F amily P ride C oalition This type of harassment is often aimed at boys L aunches PSA s and girls who don’t measure up to the ‘ideal’ The Family Pride Coalition, the only standards of masculinity or femininity, and this national nonprofit organization dedicated to needs to be addressed,” said Lindsay Bond, securing equality for queer parents and their GenderPAC’s youth program coordinator. families, announced the availability of a new Jaana Juvonen, UCLA professor of psychol 60-second public service announcement ogy and co-author of the study, told UCLA April 27 designed to inform the general public News, “Bullying is a problem that large numbers of the controversy surrounding the recent deci of kids confront on a daily basis at school; it’s sion by U.S. Education Secretary Margaret not just an issue for the few unfortunate ones.” Spellings threatening future funding for popular The study also examined students who were PBS children’s show Postcards from Buster for witness to bullying and reports that while stu featuring the child of a lesbian couple. dents who are bullied have an increase in feel Featured in the PSA are actor B.D. Wong of ings of humiliation and anger, those who bear Law and Order: SVU; U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, witness have reported increased anxiety and a D-Mass.; and Karen Pike and Gillian Pieper, the dislike of schixd. The study also offers solutions couple at the center of this heated battle. to combat sch<x>l bullying including policies Each individual contributed meaningful dia that target all forms of harassment as wrong and
